thanksgiving dinner.

This was Brian's attempt at getting a pic of everyone at dinner :)

3 amigos.

macy's day parade 2012.

While the boys were golfing, the rest of us hung out watching the parade and preparing for dinner.  Cole was so sweet...she was insistent on getting video of the Power Rangers and pictures of some of Camden's favorite characters since he was going to miss it!

thankful for the day.

Daddy, Uncle Danny, and Cam went out for a game of golf on that beautiful day!  Camden is becoming quite the golfer these days!

sunrise breakfast.

The next morning, Thanksgiving morning, the sun was coming up and breakfast was served!

 

we're heeeerrrre.

The trip went completely smoothly!  Everyone fell asleep within a couple of minutes of pulling out of Nana and Papaw's house and stayed asleep the entire trek to South Carolina!  We arrived at Mimi and Grandpa's sometime around 5:30ish and Daddy crashed right away :)  So proud of my hubby for his stellar driving skills through the wee hours!  It was definitely the way to do it with this crew!

And before we knew it, Mimi was out with the crafts!  :)

stalling.

Then after baths...it was still stall time while Daddy finished sleeping for a while!  We were all pooped!  The kids were BEGGING to go to bed by the time we left Louisville at about 10:30PM :)  Not something that has happened too many times in our life as a family ;)

warm water fun.

Then later after good naps and a yummy dinner, we headed out to the new favorite "toy" at Nana and Papaw's house!  And by favorite "toy" I mean just for the kids of course ;) (insert a bit of sarcasm there)

leaves.

It didn't take long for this lively group to "dive" into something fun!

early morning arrival.

When we arrived on our first leg of the race to Nana and Papaw's house, they, along with Aunt Crista were waiting and ready for this crazy crew!  Nana and Crista had the house smelling yummy with homemade donuts and everyone was ready for snuggles!

road trip.

On November 20th, our family set out for an adventure unparalleled thus far in our family's existence!  All six of us piled in the van at 4:00AM on our first leg of 4 all the way down to the good 'ol state of South Carolina!  The 3 big kids slept for a whopping 20 minutes...Callynn did great however!
As soon as the sun surfaced, this girl was ready to begin working on the homework she was going to miss ;)

milk coma.

And this, my friends, is what we call a milk coma!

christmas parade 2012.

On November 17th, the kids and I headed to the local Christmas parade, while Daddy had to head to work. We met up with some buddies to watch the show :)
(On a side note...I've not been as good about having the big camera with me, but my phone is at least capturing the moments ;)

Case was most interested in eating the candy!

Callynn was quite content and warm attached to her mama :)

kreckles.

And some evenings call for a crazy family trip to the local burger joint!

1st grade parent day.

On November 15th, we joined Cole at school for her 1st grade Parent Day!  What a blessing it is to see this girl in her element!  We sure are proud of you Cole Brianne!

And anyone who knows her Daddy...well, she comes by it honestly ;)  look at that organization!

still.

No, I don't regularly allow my 5 month old to watch television, but this was too sweet to pass up...this kind of quiet and still doesn't take place often in this house!!!

truth.

Why must they conspire against me?!

basketball fan.

This little man had an excellent first season of basketball! Although he was the smallest guy out there, he hustled and had a great attitude the entire time! It's safe to say he's found his favorite team sport so far...now, baseball is up next, so the final word is to be determined :)
Great job Cam! So proud of you buddy!

These buddies were proud of their trophies!

blessings.

God has blessed my life more than I could have ever asked or imagined!

instagram.

Instagram is a new favorite phone photo editor app I'm loving these days! She's cute :)

another first.

This sweet girl had her first solids on November 6th...it was an experience none of us will soon forget!  She brings such joy to this house!  When we called the big kids into the kitchen, there was applause and cheering...never a dull moment :)